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Tropical Rain Forests of the Far East
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Tropical Rain Forests of the Far East Paperback - 1988

by T. C. Whitmore

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The first edition of this book brought together widely diversified research and primary data on a subject that is now of even greater international social and economic importance. The second edition focuses on a number of key topics, including the ecology and niche differentiation of animals, the effects of logging, silviculture, national practices, the rationale behind the swing to polycyclic systems, biomass and productivity studies, nutrients and their cycling, species richness, and species evolution.

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  • Title Tropical Rain Forests of the Far East
  • Author T. C. Whitmore
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 2nd
  • Pages 368
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, Fairlawn, New Jersey, U.S.A
  • Publication date May 19, 1988
  • ISBN 9780198542414 / 0198542410
  • Weight 1.9 lbs (0.86 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.63 x 7.44 x 1 in (24.46 x 18.90 x 2.54 cm)
  • Category Children's All Ages - Language Arts
  • Dewey Decimal Code 574.526

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Tropical Rain Forests of the Far East

Tropical Rain Forests of the Far East

by Whitmore, T.C.

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Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1988. Illustrated, large octavo, pp xvi, 352, slight signs of use, a name and address on the front endpaper, the index pages have a slight fault and crease at the lower corner, paperback, covers slightly worn and marked. [This is the second edition of this advanced textbook and the author aims to give a complete perspective on tropical rain forests. Major topics discussed in this edition are: the ecology and niche differentiation of animals and the effects on them of logging, silviculture, national practices, and the rationale behind the swing to polycyclic systems, biomass and productivity studies, nutrients and their cycling, species richness and species evolution and breeding systems. Other new material concerns Tertiary and Quaternary history, tree architecture, seasonality of flowering and fruiting, seed dormancy, mangrove forests, variation within rain forest communities, man's increased impact and the current state of conservation, and studies on secondary… Read more
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